22 Mr. W. Schaus on 



postmedial line fine, dark brown, deeply lunulav with points 

 on veins ; subterminal white points shaded with fuscous on 

 veins, tlie point on vein 7 black. Hind wings shaded with 

 fuscous on tennen ; medial nn 1 postmedial fuscous lines, the 

 Litter finely dentate; subterminal spots as on fore wing. 

 Fore winus below greyish brown ; a small black orbicular 

 spot; reniform narrow, outlined in fuscous brown, containing 

 a greyish streak ; medial line faint ; postmedial less lunular ; 

 a subterminal white line followed by a black spot on vein 7. 

 Hind wings browner; a black point in cell; a larger spot 

 on discocellular ; the medial and postmedial lines fainter ; 

 the subterminal spots as above. 



Expanse 40 mm. 



Hab. Tuis. 



Epiphanis, gen. nov. 



BlaJe. — Antennae pectinated. Palpi upcurved at base and 

 porrect, the third joint turned back, slender, long, and with 

 tufts at end. Fore wings : vein 3 from near lower angle ; 



4 from lower angle, 5 close above it ; 6 from near upper 

 angle ; 7 from upper angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked from cell. 

 Hind wings: veins 3 and 4, and 6 and 7, on short stalk; 



5 from near lower angle. 



Type of genus, Epiphanis esperanzalis, Schs. 



Epiphanis esperanzalis, sp. n, 



^ . Antennse pectinated. Palpi : first joint upturned ; 



second long, porrect ; third three times as long as second, 



■with long hairs at end. Head buff; collar and thorax dark 



" purple-brown. Abdomen dull fuscous purple. Fore wings 



ijrown tinged with purple, irrorated with dull lilacine on 



termen ; the markings fuscous brown ; a spot at base ; an 



irregular antemedial line, slightly outbent, inwardly shaded 



with dull lilacine; orbicular small, round ; reniform crossed 



by a paler line, its outer edge suffusing with a narrow, 



interrupted medial shade; postmedial dentate, interrupted, 



vertical to vein 5, slightly outcurved to 3 and incurved 



below it; a broad subterminal shade, limited by a fine pale 



buff line, sinuous and ratiier deeply inbent between veins 5 



and 6; a coarse terminal dentate lunular black line. Hind 



wings dark brown ; ]:)ostmedial and subterminal darker 



shades, the latter outwardly pale-edged, some marginal 



greyish irrorations ; terminal line as on fore wings. Wings 



below greyish irrorated with biown ; the lines finely dentate. 



